Open AccessNative and transplant kidney histopathological manifestations in association with COVID-19 infection: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Vishnu Jeyalan,
Joshua Storrar,
Henry H. L. Wu,
Arvind Ponnusamy,
Smeeta Sinha,
Philip A. Kalra,
Rajkumar Chinnadurai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-3230
DOI - 10.5500/wjt.v11.i11.480
Subject(s) - medicine , hydroxychloroquine , pathology , kidney , renal biopsy , histopathology , biopsy , nephropathy , acute kidney injury , renal pathology , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can result in clinically significant multi-system disease including involvement in the kidney. The underlying histopathological processes were unknown at the start of the pandemic. As case reports and series have been published describing the underlying renal histopathology from kidney biopsies, we have started to gain an insight into the renal manifestations of this novel disease.